Cloth-laying machine.



S. MORITZ. CLOTH LAYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 20 1912. 7 1,078,302, Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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1 CLOTH-LAYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Dec-ember 20, 1912. Serial No. 737,881.

Patented Nov 11, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON Monrrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cloth-Laying Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact'description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cloth laying machine of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of my improved machine and showing the table on which the machine operates in section. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section'taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken approximately on y the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothlaying machines, the

principal object of my invention being to 1 construct a comparatively simple, inexpensive and easily operated machine which can be readily manipulated by a single operator for arranging layers of clothone upon the other and faceto face in perfectly smooth condition, which arrangement is desirable and necessary where a number of layers of cloth are to be cut into pieces or sections by means of patterns in the manufacture of clothing.

V Heretofore, it has been the practice to lay the cloth by hand, which procedure requires the services of two or more operators, and where cloth is thus laid by hand, it is almost impossible to arrange the sections of cloth' one upon the other without stretching, which result is very undesirable particularly where the cloth is to be cut upinto sections suitable for the manufacture of wearing apparel.

I propose to provide a simple machine with which a single operator can readily ar' range in smooth condition and without stretching, layers of goods, thesamebeing arranged face to face and with tllefXOIlt edges of the layers of goods straight and in alinement with each other, thus laying out the goods in properposition for'the cutter.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel features of construc- 1 to rotate freely on said or bearing tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the construction of themachineas shown, the truck portion comprises a rail 10 on the ends of which are positioned short rails orwheel pieces 11, and arranged for irotation in suitable hearings on the ends of fthese'wheel pieces are shafts 12 which are :parallel with the rail. 10, and the ends .of said shafts are provided with. wheels 13 which travel upon track rails 14: fixed to the edges of the table 15 on which the cloth is laid. The wheel piecesll are connectedto the ends of the rail 10 by; means of bolts 16. which pass through said wheel piecesand engage the ends of clamping members 17 .which latter overlie endportions of the rail 1Q. Seated in the forward ends of the wheel pieces 13 a cross bar 18 and-adjustablyposi :tioned thereon near one end is a plate'19 bearing a mark 20 which serves as a guide f ;to enable the'operator to lay the goods straight upon the tableand with the front edges of the, layers of the goods in direct alinement with each other.

Carried by the cross bar 18 is a forwardly and downwardly projecting frame 21, and

ijournaled thereon is a roller 22 beneath which the cloth passes as it is laid upon the table. The purpose of this roller is to lay the cloth in smooth condition without fstretching onto the surface of the table or onto the layers of cloth already laid thereon.

Fixed to one of the 'cros's'bars or wheel pieces 11 is ahandle 23 which'is'adapted to be engaged by the'operator to move the ma chine. lengthwise of the table. The I slide which is supported by the truck comprises a rail or bar 24:, to the central portion of wvhiohis fixed a pair of vertically disposed plates 1 inwardly so as to engage beneath the'rail 10. Journaled between the plates 25 is a roller 1 I 26 which bears directly on top of the rail 10,

25, the lower ends of which are bent and fixed to one end of the rail'24; is a bracket 27in which is journaled aroller 28 i that" bears on top ofthe rail 10. J ournaled in the upper portion of the bracket 27 is a roller 29 which is adapted to form a rolling support for the base of a stand hereinafter described. y g

The upper portions of the plates 25 are connected by a cross plateBO and mounted cross plate is a disk plate 31 to which is fixed a rail I isin operation.

32, which latter forms the base; of the stand which carries the goods or cloth to be laid by my improved machine.

Passing through the central portion of the rail 32 is a pin 33, the lower end of which is seated in the cross plate 30 and the rail 24. One end of the rail 32 normally bears upon the roller 29 and the opposite end portion of saidrail 32 is engaged beneath the jaws of a catch 34, which latter is carried by the end of an arm 35, the same being pivotally mounted on top of the rail 24. A spring 36 is interposed between the rail 24 and the underside of the catch. 34, thus normally forcing said catch upward so as to engage therail 32 and hold the same in alinement with the rails 10 and 24 while the machine Fixedto the ends-of thevrail 32 are standards 37, in the upper ends of which are ournaled short shafts 38, and formed on the J innerendsthereofare sockets 39 adapted to receive the wooden {roller 40 on which the cloth is wound prior to its. delivery to the laying machine. One or both of the shafts 38 are arranged so as'to move lengthwise through their bearings in order that the roller"4 ,can be readily positioned in or removed from the sockets.

The means for adjustingthe slide 24 and the cloth carrying stand upon the truck and transversely of the table comprises a short shaft 41 which is journaled in a suitable bearing 42 on one end of the bar 24 comprising the slide, and fixed on the outer end of this; shaft is a crank handle 43. The inner end-of this shaft 41 is threaded and passes through a bracket 44 which is fixed on the corresponding end of the truck frame.

1 V hen my improved machine is in use, a roll of cloth upon the roller 40 is supported between the standards 37 with the ends of the roller engaged in the sockets 39. The freeendof the roll of cloth is brought clownward' over, the cross bar 18 and the plate 19 thereon, said cloth being positioned beneath the roller 22 and attached in any suitable manner to the end of the table 15.

In case the edge of the goods does not coincide with the guide mark 20, the operator manually engages the crank handle 43 and rotates the shaft 41, thereby moving the slide 24 and parts carried thereby upon the truck and transversely of the table, and thus the goods carried bythe stand can be shifted until the edge of said goods coincides with the gage mark 20 on the plate 19. As the shaft 41 is rotated, the'threaded portion thereof operates through the bearing 44 and .as a result the slide 24 is moved upon the cross rail 10 during which time the rollers 26 and 28 ride upon said cross rail 10. After this adjustment has been made, the operator manually engages the handle 23 j down over the thereof and the end the second layer parel. The third layer of and moves the machine lengthwise over the table and during such movement the operator, by observing the position of the edge of the goods with respect to the mark 20, can readily tell whether or not the goods are being laid perfectly straight and true upon the table.

During the movement of the machine from one end of the table to the other, the goods unwind from the roller 40 and pass beneath the roller 22 by which said goods are laid evenly and without stretching upon the table. When the opposite end of the table is reached, the operator cuts the goods transversely so as to detach the laid section from the goods carried by the machine, and said machine is now drawn to the head of the table without laying any of the goods thereon. Then the machine has been brought to the head of the table, the operator depresses the catch 34 thereby disengaging the cross bar 32 and said cross bar and the supported roll of goods are swung upon the center bearing one half a-complete turn, thus reversing the stand and goods end for end. lVhen this action is accomplished, the catch 34 is permitted to reengage the cross bar 32,

thus maintaining the stand in proper position, and the free end of the goods is now brought cross bar 18 and the plate 19 of said goods is passed beneath the roller 22. The operator now manipulates the slide adjusting means by operating the crank handle 43, thus bringing the edge of the second layer of goods into alinement with the edge of the layer of goods already on the table. The first layer of goods positioned on the table is laid face upward and when the stand and goods carried thereby has been reversed or turned end for end prior to the laying of the second layer of goods, the roll is positioned so that when is positioned on the first layer, said second layer will be laid face downward, which arrangement is necessary where the goods are cut by pattern and are utilized in the manufacture of wearing apgoods will be laid face upward and the fourth layer face downward, which arrangement is continued until all of the goods from the roll have been laid.

The machine can be drawn lengthwise over the table with comparatively little effort on the part of the operator and by means of the roller 22, the sections or layers of the goods are positioned on the table and upon each other in perfectly smooth condition without stretching and in proper condition for the cutters.

A machine of my improved construction is comparatively simple, can be cheaply manufactured and by its use piece goods can be easily and accurately laid in proper position for cutting.

Where goods are laid out by hand, it is almost impossible to avoid stretching of the goods and it is a comparatively hard matter to get the front edges ofthe goods perfectly even. These objections are overcome by the use of the machine of my improved construction and said machine requires the services of but a single operator. I

It will be readily. understood that minor changes in the size,form and'construction of the various parts of my improved cloth laying machine can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

In a machine of the class described, the combination with a table having trackrails on its edges, of a truck, a cloth laying roller journaled in said truck, a member arranged to slide on said truck, means for adjusting the position of the member on said truck, a cloth supporting frame pivotally mounted on the sliding member, a gage plate adjustably mounted on the truck immediately over one end of the cloth laying roller, and a latch on the sliding member for engaging and holding the cloth supporting frame,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses,

this 17th day of December, 1912.

SIMON MORITZ. Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, M. A. HANDEL.

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